Welcome Welcome by the Chairman of Uganda Episcopal Conference -His Grace John Baptist Odama
The Uganda Episcopal Conference is the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy in Uganda, constituted with the approval of the Holy See, through which bishops express their collegial responsibility through collective action, to assure the On 11th June,2010, during their Annual Plenary, members of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, elected His Grace Rev. John Baptist Odama [above] and Rt. Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa [below] as new Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.
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The 24/03/2012 was a very great day in the Diocese of Nebbi and in the entire Catholic Church in Uganda and world over. It shocked all who were present at the beginning and finally on this day when such a huge number of couples turned up for what we termed as a Mass-Wedding.
It was on the 5/November/2011 when St. Peter Claver Community of Mulago, Kampala visited Nebbi Cathedral Parish and initiated the idea of registering at least fifty couples for wedding in a Mass. It was amazing! Many people registered and the number shot up to 225 couples. Six couples declined for good reasons which were obvious to the Parish priest of the Cathedral, Fr. Albert Oromcan. To date it is still shocking and we wonder whether anywhere in the world such a Mass-Wedding took place. Nebbi has just given a start-up..Read more
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am very pleased to be among you today and I express my sincere gratitude to the Most Reverend José Guadalupe Martín Rábago, Archbishop of León, for his kind words of welcome. I greet the Mexican Bishops, and the Cardinals and other Bishops present here, and in a special way those who have come from Latin America and the Caribbean. I also extend a warm greeting to the authorities that are with us, as well as all who have gathered for this Holy Mass presided by the Successor of Peter.
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Welcome to the official website of the Catholic Church in Uganda. You will find on this website information about different dioceses in Uganda (parishes, religious communities, priests, institutions, etc.), the different commissions, institutions, and departments of the Catholic Secretariat, as well as important links to the Church universal and its organs. You can also read about the recent publications and press releases of the Uganda Episcopal Conference. 
progress of the Church and coordination of its social and pastoral ministry. It is headed by a Chairman elected every four years. He is assisted by an Executive Board, also chosen every four years, composed of six Chairmen of various Commissions.The Episcopal Conference of Uganda was founded in 1960.
Bishop Wanok Witnesses 219 Holy Marriage
Mr President,
Dear Cardinals and Brother Bishops,
Distinguished Authorities,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear People of Cuba,
Pope: Prays for Cuba before La Mambisa
Pope Benedict on Tuesday morning made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre situated in the foothills of the Siera Madre mountains near the Cuban city of Santiago, the last stop on his agenda there before heading to the capital Havana. Philippa Hitchen is in Cuba with Pope Benedict and sends this report: Read More...
More News on POPE`s Visit to Cuba and Mexico
Pope Benedict XVI meets Raul Castro
Pope Mass in Cuba: Celebrating Mary
Rapturous welcome for Pope Benedict in Mexico
Welcoming Ceremony Address-Mexico
Pope: Peace, the secret to a child's smile
Mexico meeting with young people
Pope: Celebration of Vespers with the Bishops of Mexico and Latin America
Pope: Laity are not second class citizens
Holy Mass For The 400th Anniversary
Pope to Mexico: may Christ reign in our hearts!
Hope at heart of Pope's Mexico visit
Mexico Pope Departure Ceremony address
African and European Bishops Hold their Second Symposium
About 70 delegates from the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Europe are attending the symposium, as well as representatives of Vatican dicasteries and partner agencies.Read On
Responses the Uganda Episcopal Conference to the Lineamenta on New Evangelisation
Pope Benedict calls Consistory for February 18th, 2012
On 29 December 2011, the Pope appointed one of our Ugandan communicators, Sr Dominic Dipio as a Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Sr Dominic is a lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda and a member of the UEC Social Communications Commission.
Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi has also been appointed as a member to the Council. Fr. Augustine Savarimuthu who was one of th lecturers at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome has also been appointed as a Consultant.
We congratulate them and wish them all the best.
On the other hand, At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Benedict XVI announced a consistory for February 18th 2012.
The Cardinals to be created are:
- Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;
- Msgr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary;
- Msgr. Santos Abril Castellò, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;
- Msgr Antonio Maria Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
- Msgr. Giuseppe Bertelli, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the same State;
- Msgr Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;
- Msgr JOÃO Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life;
- Msgr Edwin O'Brien, Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
- Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See;
- Msgr Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
- His Beatitude GEORGE Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro Malabar (India);
- Msgr Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada);
- Msgr Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic);
- Msgr Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands);
- Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence (Italy);
- Msgr Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States);
- Msgr. Rainer Maria Woelk, Archbishop of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany);
- Msgr John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (China)
The Holy Father has also decided to raise the dignity of Cardinal a revered prelate, who carry out his ministry as Pastor and Father of the Church, and three worthy clergymen, who are distinguished for their commitment to serving the Church.
They are:
- His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia of the Romanians (Romania);
- Rev. Julien Ries, priest of the Diocese of Namur and professor emeritus of history of religions at the Catholic University of Louvain;
- Fr. Prospero Grech, OSA, Professor Emeritus of various Roman universities and Consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
- Fr. Karl Becker, SJ, Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Consultant for many years the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
A Communique of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda on the current situation, November 2011.
We, the catholic Bishops from all the 19 dioceses in Uganda gathered here at St. Augustine Institute Nsambya, Kampala, during our second Annual plenary assembly on the 11th Day of November 2011 have spent time reflecting and interacting among ourselves on the present difficult situation our country is going through today. Read More...
Uganda Martyrs’ Day Celebrations Videos
Pope Benedict on Tuesday morning made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre situated in the foothills of the Siera Madre mountains near the Cuban city of Santiago, the last stop on his agenda there before heading to the capital Havana. Philippa Hitchen is in Cuba with Pope Benedict and sends this report: Read More...
Pope Benedict XVI meets Raul Castro
Pope Mass in Cuba: Celebrating Mary
Rapturous welcome for Pope Benedict in Mexico
Welcoming Ceremony Address-Mexico
Pope: Peace, the secret to a child's smile
Mexico meeting with young people
Pope: Celebration of Vespers with the Bishops of Mexico and Latin America
Pope: Laity are not second class citizens
Holy Mass For The 400th Anniversary
Pope to Mexico: may Christ reign in our hearts!
Hope at heart of Pope's Mexico visit
Mexico Pope Departure Ceremony address
African and European Bishops Hold their Second Symposium
About 70 delegates from the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Europe are attending the symposium, as well as representatives of Vatican dicasteries and partner agencies.Read On
Responses the Uganda Episcopal Conference to the Lineamenta on New Evangelisation
Pope Benedict calls Consistory for February 18th, 2012
On 29 December 2011, the Pope appointed one of our Ugandan communicators, Sr Dominic Dipio as a Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Sr Dominic is a lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda and a member of the UEC Social Communications Commission.
Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi has also been appointed as a member to the Council. Fr. Augustine Savarimuthu who was one of th lecturers at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome has also been appointed as a Consultant.
We congratulate them and wish them all the best.
On the other hand, At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Benedict XVI announced a consistory for February 18th 2012.
The Cardinals to be created are:
- Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;
- Msgr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary;
- Msgr. Santos Abril Castellò, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;
- Msgr Antonio Maria Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
- Msgr. Giuseppe Bertelli, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the same State;
- Msgr Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;
- Msgr JOÃO Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life;
- Msgr Edwin O'Brien, Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
- Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See;
- Msgr Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
- His Beatitude GEORGE Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro Malabar (India);
- Msgr Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada);
- Msgr Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic);
- Msgr Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands);
- Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence (Italy);
- Msgr Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States);
- Msgr. Rainer Maria Woelk, Archbishop of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany);
- Msgr John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (China)
The Holy Father has also decided to raise the dignity of Cardinal a revered prelate, who carry out his ministry as Pastor and Father of the Church, and three worthy clergymen, who are distinguished for their commitment to serving the Church.
They are:
- His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia of the Romanians (Romania);
- Rev. Julien Ries, priest of the Diocese of Namur and professor emeritus of history of religions at the Catholic University of Louvain;
- Fr. Prospero Grech, OSA, Professor Emeritus of various Roman universities and Consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
- Fr. Karl Becker, SJ, Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Consultant for many years the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
A Communique of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda on the current situation, November 2011.
We, the catholic Bishops from all the 19 dioceses in Uganda gathered here at St. Augustine Institute Nsambya, Kampala, during our second Annual plenary assembly on the 11th Day of November 2011 have spent time reflecting and interacting among ourselves on the present difficult situation our country is going through today. Read More...
Uganda Martyrs’ Day Celebrations Videos
About 70 delegates from the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Europe are attending the symposium, as well as representatives of Vatican dicasteries and partner agencies.Read On
Pope Benedict calls Consistory for February 18th, 2012
On 29 December 2011, the Pope appointed one of our Ugandan communicators, Sr Dominic Dipio as a Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Sr Dominic is a lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda and a member of the UEC Social Communications Commission.
Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi has also been appointed as a member to the Council. Fr. Augustine Savarimuthu who was one of th lecturers at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome has also been appointed as a Consultant.
We congratulate them and wish them all the best.
On the other hand, At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Benedict XVI announced a consistory for February 18th 2012.
The Cardinals to be created are:
- Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;
- Msgr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary;
- Msgr. Santos Abril Castellò, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;
- Msgr Antonio Maria Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
- Msgr. Giuseppe Bertelli, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the same State;
- Msgr Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;
- Msgr JOÃO Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life;
- Msgr Edwin O'Brien, Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
- Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See;
- Msgr Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
- His Beatitude GEORGE Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro Malabar (India);
- Msgr Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada);
- Msgr Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic);
- Msgr Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands);
- Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence (Italy);
- Msgr Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States);
- Msgr. Rainer Maria Woelk, Archbishop of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany);
- Msgr John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (China)
The Holy Father has also decided to raise the dignity of Cardinal a revered prelate, who carry out his ministry as Pastor and Father of the Church, and three worthy clergymen, who are distinguished for their commitment to serving the Church.
They are:
- His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia of the Romanians (Romania);
- Rev. Julien Ries, priest of the Diocese of Namur and professor emeritus of history of religions at the Catholic University of Louvain;
- Fr. Prospero Grech, OSA, Professor Emeritus of various Roman universities and Consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
- Fr. Karl Becker, SJ, Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Consultant for many years the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
A Communique of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda on the current situation, November 2011.
We, the catholic Bishops from all the 19 dioceses in Uganda gathered here at St. Augustine Institute Nsambya, Kampala, during our second Annual plenary assembly on the 11th Day of November 2011 have spent time reflecting and interacting among ourselves on the present difficult situation our country is going through today. Read More...
Uganda Martyrs’ Day Celebrations Videos
On 29 December 2011, the Pope appointed one of our Ugandan communicators, Sr Dominic Dipio as a Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Sr Dominic is a lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda and a member of the UEC Social Communications Commission.
Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi has also been appointed as a member to the Council. Fr. Augustine Savarimuthu who was one of th lecturers at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome has also been appointed as a Consultant.
We congratulate them and wish them all the best.
On the other hand, At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany, Pope Benedict XVI announced a consistory for February 18th 2012.
The Cardinals to be created are:
- Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;
- Msgr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Major Penitentiary;
- Msgr. Santos Abril Castellò, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;
- Msgr Antonio Maria Veglio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
- Msgr. Giuseppe Bertelli, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the same State;
- Msgr Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;
- Msgr JOÃO Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life;
- Msgr Edwin O'Brien, Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
- Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See;
- Msgr Giuseppe Versaldi, President of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See;
- His Beatitude GEORGE Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro Malabar (India);
- Msgr Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada);
- Msgr Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic);
- Msgr Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands);
- Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence (Italy);
- Msgr Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States);
- Msgr. Rainer Maria Woelk, Archbishop of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany);
- Msgr John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (China)
The Holy Father has also decided to raise the dignity of Cardinal a revered prelate, who carry out his ministry as Pastor and Father of the Church, and three worthy clergymen, who are distinguished for their commitment to serving the Church.
They are:
- His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia of the Romanians (Romania);
- Rev. Julien Ries, priest of the Diocese of Namur and professor emeritus of history of religions at the Catholic University of Louvain;
- Fr. Prospero Grech, OSA, Professor Emeritus of various Roman universities and Consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
- Fr. Karl Becker, SJ, Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Consultant for many years the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
We, the catholic Bishops from all the 19 dioceses in Uganda gathered here at St. Augustine Institute Nsambya, Kampala, during our second Annual plenary assembly on the 11th Day of November 2011 have spent time reflecting and interacting among ourselves on the present difficult situation our country is going through today. Read More...
